I hate spam too...it's destroying my soul. Do you think the people who send me junk snail-mail should get the same penalties? On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 21:44, Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > NO Spamming! If I dont sign up, dont send it to me. If I miss a great > deal because of this approach, oh well. > > Zscoundrel wrote: > > L. Adrian Griffis wrote: > > > >> Spam should be treated like littering. Certainly for individual > >> cases, it's not more significant than breaking and entering. > >> There's should be a $100 fine for each piece of mail, and the > >> penalty should increase as it becomes evident that the > >> spammer is trying to hide his identity and/or evade the > >> consequences of his act. > >> > >> > > I can live with spamming being considered as a minor crime - PROVIDED - > > that the "remove me from your spam list" is included in EVERY Email, it > > is a one or two click process, and that it actually WORKS CORRECTLY !!! > > If the remove process doesn't work, or takes more than 10 seconds to > > complete, or more than 24 hours to process, it should be considered > > FRAUDand there should be severe penalties. > > > > I would prefer to see a MANDATORY sentence of 10 years in FEDERAL lock > > up for the executive officers, the management chain that approved the > > spam, and at least 2 years for the administrator of the system involved > > in sending the spam. (I would prefer it to be a capitol crime, but that > > may be pushing it just a bit!) > > > > > > >